Talking Volumes

Talking Volumes is an event discussion series from Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune. Join award-winning journalist and MPR News host Kerri Miller as she talks with notable authors from across the world.

Join us on June 4th: Minnesota author, Leif Enger at the Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing, Minnesota. Talking Volumes is hosted by award-winning journalist Kerri Miller. Tickets available now.

From the archives: Karen Armstrong on ‘The Lost Art of Scripture’
The 2022 season of Talking Volumes launches this week with Karen Armstrong and her new book, “Sacred Nature: Restoring our Ancient Bond with the Natural World.” So we thought it only appropriate to make this week’s dip into the archives the last time Armstrong was on the Talking Volumes stage. It was in 2019, when she joined host Kerri Miller to discuss “The Lost Art of Scripture.”
Talking Volumes 2022 season guide
Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune are proud to announce the 23rd season of Talking Volumes. Talking Volumes is hosted by award-winning journalist Kerri Miller, back in the cozy confines of the Fitzgerald Theater this fall for discussions with four great authors. 
Host Kerri Miller kicked off the fall season of Talking Volumes with a conversation with novelist Lauren Groff, whose latest book is “Matrix.”
Talking Volumes 2021 season guide
Join host Kerri Miller as she welcomes — in person! — an amazing lineup of writers to the stage. From deeply loved Minnesota novelists to huge New York Times bestsellers, you won’t want to miss this lineup.
Talking Volumes: A conversation with author Chang-rae Lee
Award-winning and New York Times best-selling author Chang-rae Lee’s past works have incorporated issues of race, class and immigration in the United States. MPR News guest host Brandt Williams interviewed Lee as part of Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune’s Talking Volumes: Talking Race series.
Talking Volumes: A conversation with writer N. Scott Momaday
Award-winning novelist and poet N. Scott Momaday cultivated a boundless imagination as a boy exploring the vast landscape of the American Southwest on horseback. He joined host Kerri Miller for Talking Volumes: Talking Race, a collaboration between MPR and the Star Tribune.